Andrea Pirlo has not held back on Italy’s continued absence from the World Cup, branding the national team’s third successive ...
India, June 24 -- When Italy lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy in Berlin in 2006, few could have imagined that the four-time ...
The night Italy defeated France in the 2006 World Cup final, Mario de Rossi was studying at a small university in Puglia. Though he had exams the next day, he still ventured out into a piazza ...
During the 2006 World Cup, Italy's coach, Marcello Lippi, was faced with the challenge of overcoming historical setbacks against France. With memories of defeats in previous tournaments, including the ...
Italy has won the World Cup four times, but will miss the World Cup for the third straight time as it sits out the 2026 tournament.
Italy has lifted the World Cup four times (in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), which puts the Azzurri among the most successful national teams in the history of the game. Yet the question of which ...
For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.
On the streets of the famous New York neighborhood that boiled over after the 2006 title, there is hardly any sign of the ‘azzurra’ ...